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Serie A: Why ex-Man Utd midfielder, McTominay is doing well at Napoli – Conte

Published

9 months ago

May 3, 2025

Napoli manager, Antonio Conte has suggested that midfielder, Scott McTominay is doing well at the club because he gave him a ‘main role’ in his team.

Recall that McTominay was signed by Napoli in a £25.7 million deal from Man United last summer.

The Scotland international has been an immediate hit in Serie A, scoring 11 goals and providing two assists so far this season.

McTominay struggled to establish his best midfield role since making his first-team breakthrough for Man United in 2017.

The 28-year-old scored only seven goals for Man United in his final season with the Red Devils before he was sold.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday ahead of Napoli’s Serie A clash with Lecce on Saturday, Conte said: “I have always said that you have to find solutions in the search for goals.

“When there is this type of situation you have to find a cooperative and tactical solutions, even for improvement.

“I think McTominay is stronger today than when he arrived from United. Here he has grown a lot.

“I think that he, himself, feels stronger, with more knowledge, that he is also reaching an important stage of his age to understand where to go in his career because up to now he has been in the middle, he has never had a main role at United that instead we have given him here, he has grown a lot by working, today he is complete.”

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2026 World Cup: Super Eagles waiting for FIFA’s decision – Iwobi

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5 hours ago

February 6, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has admitted they are waiting to see if the team would still play at the 2026 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is optimistic of a potential lifeline from FIFA, after it submitted a petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iwobi was asked by SuperSport if he would rather lift the AFCON 2025 trophy or qualify for the World Cup?

The 29-year-old, who played at the 2018 of the World Cup, replied: “I mean we’re still waiting, well hopefully we can go to the World Cup, but I feel it’s a tough one.

“It’s a tough one because winning AFCON is like… It’s a great legacy, it’s a great thing to have like in your career, a memorable moment.

“But then at the same time, because I’ve been to the World Cup already, a lot of the players haven’t been. They would like to say ‘I want to go to the World Cup,’ so I can’t be selfish and say win the AFCON and for my teammates to not go to the World Cup. So it’s a tough one. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

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PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDOLES WITH SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE OF THE SUPER EAGLES ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER

Published

1 week ago

January 30, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

President Bola Tinubu sends his condolences

to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze on the passing of his mother.

The President also extends his sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, who passed away on Thursday.

President Tinubu mourns with the Chukwueze family and encourages them to find solace in the memory and legacy of their late matriarch.

“The passing of Mrs Chukwueze, the mother of one of our bright football stars, just a few days after the passing of Super Eagles’ captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father, is deeply saddening.

I mourn with them, and I am with them in prayers during this difficult time,” the President says.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will grant the departed eternal rest.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)